KIEV, June 18 – EnergoAtom, Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear generating company, has declared Russia's Techsnabexport the winner of a tender to buy nuclear fuel for reactors.

EnergoAtom plans to buy natural uranium hexafluoride and enriched uranium hexafluoride in the quantities needed to reload two reactors in 2011 and for the annual reloading of three reactors in 2012-2015.

As reported, EnergoAtom in early March 2010 announced a tender to buy uranium hexafluoride for enrichment, and to buy already enriched uranium hexafluoride, including that produced from raw materials.